DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273.16›TITLE 3. DEPOSIT 1813-1881.2›CHAPTER 2. Deposit for Keeping 1833-1867›ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [1833. - [1840.]]
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California Civil Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
Section Eighteen Hundred and Forty. The liability of a depositary for negligence cannot exceed the amount which he is informed by the depositor, or has reason to suppose, the thing deposited to be worth.
(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
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